lastlog date does not match system date?

jcmj · 10-17-2002, 12:48 PM

I am using ntpd to get the UTC clock and that is correct. I then have set up the TZ in the default profile as TZ=CST6CDT for Chicago and it is fine. However when you login, Last Login: display a time other than the system time as specified in date. Seems it is getting it from two independent sources? How do I change the date used in lastlog?

Mara · 10-17-2002, 01:02 PM

What is the time you see in lastlog? Is it +6h?

jcmj · 10-17-2002, 06:41 PM

Mara, I believe it is +5 do to the fact of CST6CDT on the TZ setting In a wek it will propabaly be +6.

Any idea on how to line them up?

Mara · 10-18-2002, 05:06 AM

So I guess your ntpd is downloading UTC time and your system is using your local time?

jcmj · 10-18-2002, 07:26 AM

Mara, that may be true and if it is for a Systems admin person it would be better to align the lastlog time with the local time..

Reading a log and having to caculate a time shift to see when things really happened is a pain.

Mara · 10-18-2002, 01:58 PM

Ntpd has problems with timezones, as far as I know. I use chronyd. When you run it this way
chronyd -r -s
It should set the right time.

jcmj · 10-22-2002, 12:09 PM

Marla,

You can just edit the clock file in /etc/sysconfig...

UTC=false
ZONE=znehCDT